Recommend a desktop search utility?

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gpvillamil · #1 Post by **gpvillamil** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:54 am

Any thoughts on a good desktop search utility?

I tried Google Desktop and Microsoft Desktop Search.

Google good points: hotkey access
Google bad points: didn't index all files, didn't index *folders*, huge index

Microsoft good points: small index, good UI
Microsoft bad points: web search only in IE, no hotkeys

Any suggestions/recommendations?

gyred · #2 Post by **gyred** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:18 pm

Copernic is often recommended, though I have no personal experience with it. http://www.copernic.com/

nightyyyy · #3 Post by **nightyyyy** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 3:49 pm

Copernic was the first and only i ever installed.
Does everything i need at superb speed.
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jeffm · #4 Post by **jeffm** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 4:19 pm

Windows Vista is my favorite desktop search tool.

t20user · #5 Post by **t20user** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:22 pm

I have been using Yahoo Beta for almost 2 years. I like it a lot. The index is large but I can only imagine it is because of the amout and types of data included.

I have seen others using the Google one and it looks stupid to me. The web browser look should have no relation to desktop search. Yahoo has a nice preview window, and the search results show up as text results, not like a Google web search. This is all based on the beta version I got in 2005.

wolfman · #6 Post by **wolfman** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:24 pm

I use Copernic as well, seems to do the trick just fine...

BlueDevilTide · #7 Post by **BlueDevilTide** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:46 am

Just started using Copernic...wow...great piece of software!

Recommend a desktop search utility?

Recommend a desktop search utility?

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